Traumatic retropharyngeal hematoma and prevertebral edema induced by whiplash injury

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-149

  Anagnostara, Athina ^a,b   Athanassopoulou, Alexandra ^a   Kailidou, Efstathia ^a   Markatos, Anastasios ^a   Eystathidis, Alexandros ^a   Papageorgiou, Stratos ^a  

^a Asklipiion Hospital   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Prevertebral edema; Retropharyngeal hematoma; Seat belt injury; Upper airway compression; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SORE THROAT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 18044364587     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-004-0381-0     Document Type: Article

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